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When JavaScript was first released, it was a god-send. The alternative was vbscript and if you think JavaScript is bad...
All I remember about vbscript was that array indexes started at 1.
I just remembered
option base 0:-)Wow, they found something even more confusing than 1-indexing (conditional 1-indexing)
option base 42Sadly, per the syntax docs on O'Reilly it doesn't look like it can be anything but 0 or 1. That's not to say it's a good feature, but at least make it fun if it's gonna be bad.
That's such a perfect summary of VBScript. Starting array indexes at 1 was it's vibe.
VBScript would show up for it's first day as a construction worker in a white shirt and a tie. I loved VBScripts willingness to do messy work, but boy was it unprepared in many contexts.